[A+H] Journalist Competition
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[A+H] Journalist Competition
- OOC:
I wanted to get into the 'artsy' RP ever after meeting several IC bards, but never found the time. Now I did. This is a first in a series of many IC challenges which your character, not you as player, can participate in. This one is tied to journalism. I feel that many see IC-reporting as a 'boring' summing up of facts, so the OOC motivation behind the challenge is to show that it is more than that. Reporting does not have to be a boring and unbiased summing-up of facts! Hopefully this will motivate the people to continue writing long after the challenge, may be joining/making a regular newspaper!
I also accept works from not-yet-existing characters. So you can even roll a fresh char for that. However all stories&pictures have to be taken ICly. If you want to report on something, you will have to hunt down the story! If you are not-so-good with photoshop, I also accept just screenshots. Remember to write a little OOC explanation for the picture you send as game-world doesn't allow you to tell a difference between a troll kneeling at the side of a prone orc to rip out his throat or to bandage his wound.
Send your work as a Personal Message on the forums. After the deadlines I will make a separate thread listing all the works at once. This won’t be an anonymous competition, though…but you can use a pen-name!
Good luck hunting!
These notifications have been spread in places known to be frequented by artists, in Stormwind but also in the settlements of Steamwheedle Cartel. Slowly they might even appear in the horde settlements, in translation of course. They carry the partially-eclipsed red sun setting over the waves.
Journalism tells you a story of events and places you could not witness yourself. Good journalism makes the story come alive and swallow you whole. Good journalism is riveting and evocative; those who read it cannot help but to form a strong opinion about the topic.
Journalism is an art.
The Red Eclipse announces the Journalism Challenge for all the great artists of Azeroth to take up the quill, the brush and even the snapshot.
Three prizes will be awarded, two for the best text (one for Common another for Orcish) and one for the best image.
All works will be collected and published in a single volume which will be offered for sale to the public, encouraging them to send their reviews. The prize-winners will be awarded part of the raised sum and contributions from major Cartel publishers. Skilled journalists will find offers to work for prestigious papers across Azeroth!
Rules for texts
-Between 500 and 2500 words
-Written in Common or Orcish
-Only journalistic reports accepted, no essays
-Any topic is accepted
Rules for the picture
-Drawn by hand or taken by Snapshot or any magical imaging spell
-Must tell a story
-Should be understood without an accompanying story
Reward for the Text
Texts will be rewarded based on reader-reviews and professional jury. The jury will judge the texts based on:
-Relevance of the story, nobody cares about the daily life of Elwynn Squirrels
-Prose, nobody reads stories which do not evoke images and are hard to get through
-Strength of the story, good journalism must touch the hearts
-Subtlety, it is bad journalism for the author to make his bias overly explicit
Reward for the Picture
Pictures will be rewarded based on reader and professional reviews. The jury will judge the pictures based on:
-Clarity, a good picture tells a story, a bad picture needs a story to explain it
-Impact, a good picture moves the viewer
Please send your work to:
Red Eclipse Group,
Booty Bay
No works will be accepted after 10th of May.
Good Luck!
Red Eclipse is a Steamwheedle Cartel associated company
- OOC:
I am using 'Red Eclipse' as the name for Sophyra's company. This is not a hint of Sophyra's 'bar' with the same name coming back. Unless you really want for it to be a hint.
Melnerag- Posts : 2261
Join date : 2010-01-29
Re: [A+H] Journalist Competition
I am all over this like a tramp on chips!
Grim- Posts : 867
Join date : 2012-03-15
Age : 39
Character sheet
Name: Grim Stonepaw
Title: Warcaller
Re: [A+H] Journalist Competition
Some entries received already, c'mon people! Make it happen. I want -at least- ten entries!
Melnerag- Posts : 2261
Join date : 2010-01-29
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